BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

Active
Company number 09299724Private limited companyIncorporated 2014

Key figures

£35,736,000+3.0%
Net assets 2025
+3.0%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m40 m20242025

† BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 71200

Where the company stands among the 4,429 active companies whose first SIC code is 71200 (Technical testing and analysis).

Net assets£35,736,000
Higher than 99% · median £14,689
Total assets£93,616,000
Higher than 99% · median £51,942
Cash£537,000
Higher than 90% · median £36,150
Employees823
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age12.0 years
Older than 64% · median 7.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. TUV RHEINLAND UK LIMITED£80.8m
  2. COSMETIC WARRIORS LIMITED£41.3m
  3. SOCOTEC UK LIMITED£36.4m
  4. BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£35.7m
  5. ALS LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITED£34.5m
  6. AS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LTD£34.1m
  7. INSPECTORATE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£32.9m
  8. ALMAC SCIENCES LIMITED£29.5m
  9. ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£25.2m
  10. BRE GLOBAL LIMITED£24.5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 4,429. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09299724. It was incorporated on 6 Nov 2014. Its status is active. The registered office is in Warrington (WA3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is technical testing and analysis (71200).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files audit-exempt subsidiary. Net assets were £35,736,000, up 3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £537,000. Total assets were £93,616,000 and total liabilities £56,239,000. The company had an average of 823 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 4,429 active companies whose first SIC code is 71200: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,689). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £51,942). By cash it ranks higher than 90% of them (median £36,150). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 64% of them (median age 7.8 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 65 public contract award notices from 54 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £819.6m. Its most frequent buyer is Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (6 contracts). 19 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, iron and steel articles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 38 days to pay suppliers, and 43% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 29.5% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 8 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 20 Nov 2026.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Cash at bank and in hand465,000537,000
Total assets71,870,00093,616,000
Total liabilities36,701,00056,239,000
Net assets / total equity34,709,00035,736,000
Average number of employees813823

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

65 contracts

BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 65 public contract award notices from 54 public sector buyers since 2017. The 42 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £819.6m. 19 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers54
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
6 contracts · £805.6k
University of Sunderland
2 contracts · £3.5m
Beyond Housing
2 contracts · £1.2m
BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2 contracts · £640k
Hull City Council
2 contracts · £533.5k
Contracts
  1. NHSDG Estates & Property Insurance Inspection - Pressure Systems & LOLER‡Dumfries and Galloway Health Board · £70,038
  2. Engineering Inspection Services‡Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · £330,000 · runs until Sep 2031
  3. Leeds Building Services - Active Leeds Electrical Testing‡Leeds City Council · £80,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  4. Statutory Inspections Mechanical and Electrical‡Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · £132,412 · runs until Jul 2031
  5. Engineering Inspection Services II (including insurance)Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £40,000,000 in total · runs until Mar 2034
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  1. Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body, Third Party Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing ServiceUK Atomic Energy Authority · £400,000 · runs until Dec 2028
  2. PS25340 - Annual BES Insurance inspection services‡UK Research and Innovation · £11,936 · runs until Nov 2026
  3. City Wide Multidisciplinary Engineering in Service Inspections‡Hull City Council · £234,755
  4. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) Inspections‡Plymouth Community Homes · £366,619 · runs until Nov 2028
  5. Insurance Cover‡Jobs and Business Glasgow · £2,226
  6. Insurance for OCC‡Oxfordshire County Council · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £3,120,000 in total · runs until Aug 2028
  7. Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Beyond Housing‡Beyond Housing · £1,190,266
  8. Combined Liability Insurance‡London Borough of Hounslow · £188,421
  9. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS for Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone & Hythe and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon UK Limited‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £15,126,819 in total · runs until Jun 2030
  10. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 1198 for The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon UK Limited‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £242,387 · runs until Mar 2030
  11. Insurance contract - Engineering Combined‡NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE · £43,620 · runs until Mar 2028
  12. Insurance Services 2025North Somerset Council · £153,960
  13. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 1198 for Horsham District Council and Mid Sussex District Council and their appointed Insurance Broker - A.J.…‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £249,034 · runs until Mar 2028
  14. CP2385-24 Insurance coverage and associated service (not broking services) for Devon County Council‡Devon County Council · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total · runs until Dec 2027
  15. BE24268 - Engineering InspectionUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £11,479
  16. Engineering Insurance and Inspection Services for West Berkshire Council‡West Berkshire Council · £190,000
  17. Engineering Inspection ServicesSanctuary Housing Association · £2,097,132 · runs until Jun 2030
  18. Insurance TenderBlackpool Council · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £1,549,400 in total · runs until Mar 2027
  19. Provision of Insurance and related services to Raven Housing Trust Limited‡Raven Housing Trust Limited · £2,460,000
  20. Provision of Insurance - Engineering Inspection and InsuranceStroud District Council · £45,432
  21. SBC 0623 - Procurement of Insurance Placement through YPO DPS 978STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL · £204,836
  22. Engineering Inspection Services‡Heriot-Watt University · £218,000
  23. Insurance Services (excluding Brokers)‡University of Sunderland · £3,500,000
  24. Insurance Services (excluding Brokers) - AWARD‡University of Sunderland · shared by 5 suppliers
  25. RMBC - LA - Council Insurance Package Lots 1 - 9‡Runnymede Borough Council · £124,921
  26. Insurance Tender‡London Borough of Hackney · £1,358,024
  27. WCC - Insurance Tender - AWARD‡Warwickshire County Council (WCC) · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £7,698,400 in total · runs until Mar 2030
  28. WCC - Insurance TenderWarwickshire County Council · £421,065
  29. WP3862A - Insurance and Claims Handling Services - AWARD‡Walsall Council e-Tendering · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £150,000 in total
  30. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for West Lothian and their appointed Insurance Broker - Marsh‡West Lothian Council · £299,000
  31. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for Cumbria Constabulary and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £29,739
  32. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for Cumbria Constabulary and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon‡Cumbria Constabulary · £29,739
  33. 21079 CCC Insurance and Claims Management Programme 2022‡Cambridgeshire County Council · £87,155
  34. 22004 Milton Keynes Council Insurance and Claims Management Programme 2022‡Milton Keynes Council · £118,940
  35. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon‡Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £284,430 · runs until Sep 2027
  36. Further Competition Under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon‡East Riding of Yorkshire Council · £284,430
  37. Award of Engineering Inspection & Insurance Contract.East Riding Of Yorkshire Council · £170,658
  38. YPO - 001014 Engineering inspection services including‡YPO · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £12,500,000 in total
  39. EHC 0522 The Provision of Engineering Insurance and Inspection - AWARD‡East Herts District Council · £39,918
  40. S1113 - Equipment Inspection‡Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited · £1,500,000
  41. Provision of Insurance and related services to One Manchester Limited‡One Manchester Limited
  42. Hard Facilities Management 2‡NHS Shared Business Services Limited · £800,000,000
  43. Provision of Insurance and related services to Accent Group‡Accent Group
  44. Provision of Insurance and related services to Citizen Housing Group Ltd‡Citizen Housing Group Ltd
  45. Provision of Insurance and related services to Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust Ltd‡Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust Ltd · £863,000
  46. Provision of Insurance and related services to Wales & West Housing Association‡BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £1,750,000 in total
  47. Provision of Insurance and related services to Wales & West Housing Association‡Wales & West Housing Association
  48. Statutory Inspection of Pressure Systems and Local Exhaust Ventilation‡BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · £640,000 · runs until Sep 2028
  49. 06/05/2021OPTIVO · £600,000
  50. Provision of Insurance and related services to Housing Solutions‡Housing Solutions · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £2,214,951 in total
  51. Provision of Insurance and related services to Alliance Homes‡Alliance Homes · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £1,668,000 in total
  52. Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Monmouthshire Housing Association Limited‡Monmouthshire Housing Association Limited · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £930,822 in total
  53. Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Plymouth Community Homes‡Plymouth Community Homes · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £1,950,000 in total
  54. Provision of Insurance and related services to Bromford‡Bromford Housing Group Ltd · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £6,817,422 in total
  55. Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Two Rivers Housing‡Two Rivers Housing · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £683,223 in total
  56. Provision of Insurance and Related Services to Beyond Housing - Republished - AWARD‡Beyond Housing · shared by 2 suppliers
  57. One Housing Corporate Insurance Services‡One Housing Group · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £344,216,169 in total
  58. HEY/19/071/SM - SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING PLANT EQUIPMENT SITE INSPECTIONS‡Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · £34,319
  59. Insurance Services (Excluding Brokerage Services)‡East Lindsey District Council · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £480,000 in total
  60. Engineering In Service Inspection Contract‡Hull City Council · £298,744

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
38 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
43%
Standard payment terms
0–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 43%
  • 31 to 60 days 42%
  • After 60 days 15%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
39
37%
43%
30 Jun 2025
43
34%
48%
31 Dec 2024
36
37%
52%
30 Jun 2024
46
32%
56%
31 Dec 2023
53
27%
58%
30 Jun 2023
40
42%
58%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 29.5% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 21.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 0.7% higher
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter44.7% womenLower middle11% womenUpper middle7.2% womenUpper pay quarter14.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 32.1% lower
women 21.1% lower
2023/24
women 34% lower
women 28.4% lower
2022/23
women 33.2% lower
women 23.5% lower
2021/22
women 33.9% lower
women 25.5% lower
2020/21
women 31.9% lower
women 23.5% lower
2019/20
women 32.1% lower
women 23.6% lower
2018/19
women 32.5% lower
women 23.1% lower
2017/18
women 33.6% lower
women 20% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, electrical equipment, miscellaneous chemicals and tools and cutlery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, iron and steel articles, plastics and electrical equipment.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £35.7m, 823 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £34.7m, 813 employees
  3. British Engineering Services Holdco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITEDPreviously VERTIGO BIDCO LIMITED
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.